Harvey Milk: Banned in Ramona, CATommi Avicolli-Meccabyline‚ May. 28‚ 2009Imagine a sixth grader’s class presentation on Martin Luther King being nixed by a school principal because he feels that it’s part of “religion education” and since King was a Christian, parents need to sign permission slips for their kids to see it. That might seem far-fetched, but it’s not much different than what happened in Ramona, California when sixth grader Natalie Jones prepared her Independent Research Project presentation on Harvey Milk, the out gay San Francisco supervisor who was murdered in 1978. His life is the subject of a movie starring Sean Penn in the title role. Jones was inspired by the film to do her presentation on the gay rights leader. |